"The bombers blew themselves up as soon as they sighted the dogs barking at them as they could no longer help the situation.

"They came in through the back door and were prepared to denote the bombs before they were sighted by the dogs which prevented them from unleashing mayhem on the university community," a staff of the university, Abubakar Mohammed said.

NAIJ.com recalls that this will be the second a bomber will be attacking University of Maiduguri after the first attack in January that claimed the life of a professor of veterinary medicine and four others.

It was reported that the vehicles that were attacked were those going to southern part of Borno state from Maiduguri, the capital.

According to Daily Trust, shortly before taking off, some gunmen suddenly appeared and shot sporadically, killing scores and injuring many.